I did review the documentation on sorting and grouping. The moment I group by a column, I lose the ability to sort by a column, and everything sorts in a haphazard manner which I can see no rhyme or reason to. If I manually sort the items in the group, the next time I close and reopen the grid, everything is back in a random order.

 

Also, the moment a grid is grouped, right clicking and selecting sort does nothing. I did find one way to "cheat". If I group by item as a second grouping, and then ungroup by item, everything in the first grouping is now sorted alphabetically. Until I close the grid and reopen it.

 

Thanks